December 12, 2016
The Happy, Healthy Data Nerd: Using Data to Support Wellbeing
The authors of The Happy Healthy Nonprofit share tips on how to leverage data to achieve your wellness goals.
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Posts by Beth Kanter
July 25, 2016
Giving Day Advice: Prepare, Learn, and Share
After listening to Markets for Good’s Virtual Roundtable “Giving Day Technology: Making Good on the Big Day and Beyond,” the big takeaway for giving day hosts, platforms, and participating nonprofits is to be prepared when technology fails — but also learn from every experience and share it with peers. Let’s look at what a number […]
October 9, 2015
Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy
What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to […]
September 3, 2015
New Playbook Resource: How To Engage Alumni
I am a huge fan of Playbooks in the nonprofit sector as a capacity building tool. A playbook is an online resource that is basically knowledge capture around a specific practice or type of program. The playbook collects, organizes, and synthesizes best practices from “bright spots” and others adopting this practice. A good […]
July 30, 2015
How Can Nonprofits Become Agile Learners?
I read this wonderful article “Agility Is Today’s Most Critical Leadership Competency” by Julie Winkle Giuliani, author of “Watch Them Grow or Watch Them Go.” Agility is defined in the dictionary as light and graceful or as a project management approach, but she defines agility as the ability for continuous learning and as […]
June 17, 2015
What I Learned from Nancy Lublin About Data on Purpose
I was lucky enough earlier this month to hear Nancy Lublin’s opening keynote at the Data On Purpose conference hosted by the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The conference theme was about using data for social change and sessions were addressed the growing proliferation of data in the nonprofit sector and the sector’s increasing ability to make productive […]
May 8, 2015
Spotting the Human Side of Data at Do Good Data Conference
A curated collection of Tweets from Day 2 of DoGoodData 2015 Conference
http://dogooddata.com/schedule/ – Beth Kanter’s Notes
April 13, 2015
Creating A Culture of Continuous Improvement Based On Data
I’m always on the look out for useful and thought provoking resources on how nonprofits can use data to make better decisions that lead to greater impact. So, when Mary K Winkler, one of the nonprofit data nerds I follow on Twitter and Senior Research Associate at Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy specializing […]
March 16, 2015
Here Comes GenZ
Many nonprofit fundraisers know about and have specific strategies to reach, cultivate, and solicit baby boom donors, Gen X donors, and Gen Y donors. But get ready to reach out to Gen Z donors, sometimes called “PhilanthroTeens” or “PhilanthroKids.” These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who […]
February 25, 2015
Smarter Nonprofit Networking
Your professional network is your greatest asset no matter the stage of your nonprofit career, whether you are an emerging leader or an acknowledged thought leader in your industry or somewhere in between. When you intentionally build your professional network in the right way, you create a circle of individuals who are all rooting […]